Monthly Archives: December 2010

Libraries are repositories of information, places of learning and of research. One of the ancient libraries, the Library of Alexandria is credited with comparing different versions of books with empirical standards which became the beginnings of the scientific method. Libraries are filled with adventures of discovery wrapped in layers of shush.

This is the a Project of the Month. Project of the Week returns next week, while PotM will continue until the end of January. These projects inspire mappers to contribute data they might not have considered previously, and allow us to be inspired by the projects of other mappers.

This is your Project of the Month. Make suggestions. Inspire other mappers. What is it about contributing to OpenStreetMap that interests you? Postboxes? Bowing alleys? Share your OpenStreetMap obession by contributing a Project of the Month.

This is an extract of the printed paper map of urban accessibility of Castelfiorentino. The printed paper map is a static view of urban accessibility as the 30th of August 2010 and it is one of the outcomes of the participatory process “Libero accesso…accesso libera tutti!!”. The full printer map file is here The up-to-date accessibility map is published on the web at accessoliberatutti.it where participant and citizens can keep contributing. Further information and several links are available on the project page:

Every week a lot of things are happening in the OpenStreetMap (OSM) world. It can be hard to keep track of all the different communication channels and don’t miss any important news. That’s why we’ve created a short summary of all the news here. Enjoy!

The official OSM website openstreetmap.org has got several updates. You can now see 30 mappers around your location in your user area (previously only 10). Furthermore the last changesets of the mappers are displayed.

A new version of the bing analyser tool is ready for use! See Martijn’s announcement here.

Minutes of the OpenStreetMap-Foundation board meeting last week are now available here. Primary topic: “The OSMF board mandates the LWG to enforce mandatory acceptance of the CT and ODBL in order to edit the database by March 31st.”

OpenMaps version 4.0 was released. It is an iOS-app and can show offline OSM maps. More information on the website and in the AppStore.

Nanomap is a new Open Source JavaScript Map Library, announcement here.

The OSM community in Austria incorporated an “OpenStreetMap Austria Verein”, which is similar to the OSM foundation but for Austria. It will be the legal body for the organization of the upcoming SOTM-EU and further acitivies of the OSM community in Austria.

Do you want to know your rank in comparison to all other OSM contributors? Pascal’s “How did you contribute to OpenStreetMap” website can now display that too.

This is your Project of the Week. Make suggestions. Inspire other mappers. What is it about contributing to OpenStreetMap that interests you? Postboxes? Bowing alleys? Share your OpenStreetMap interests by contributing a Project of the Month.

OpenStreetMap contributor Komяpa has found a way to render 3D buildings with Mapnik. Famous Ostankino tower (drawn by Hind) looks very real! It even has a shadow. Discussion in Russian and more screenshots.

Want a piece of OSM (read: awesome) fame? Then send in your original and expressive logo designs for the upcoming State of the Map 2011!

There are some guidelines, so check out the Logo Competition requirements here.

Call for Sponsors

Sponsors are an integral part of State of the Map! Without sponsors, our amazing international conference wouldn’t be the same. Join the league of sponsors that support OpenStreetMap. For details on patron benefits go here or contact us at sponsors@stateofthemap.org.

We want to watch our waistlines and our carbon consumption so we like to ride our bikes more than we used to do. That’s fine when we take a trip for the sake of a trip, but what about when we want to pick up the groceries, or borrow a book from the library? We need a safe place to put our bike so that it won’t impede others and so that it will be there for us when we need it again. We need a bike rack.

The Project of the Week is to map your local bicycle parking infrastructure.

Learn more about how to add bicycle parking to OpenStreetMap on the wiki.

This is your Project of the Week. Make suggestions. Inspire other mappers. What is it about contributing to OpenStreetMap that interests you? Postboxes? Bowing alleys? Share your OpenStreetMap interests by contributing a Project of the Month.